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False justice : eight myths that convict the innocent / Jim Petro and Nancy Petro

Author
Petro, Jim, 1948-
Published
New York, NY : Kaplan, [2010]
Copyright Date
©2010
Physical Description
xii, 292 pages ; 24 cm
Additional Creators
Petro, Nancy

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Contents
Machine generated contents note: pt. I Failed Justice -- ch. 1 The Devil Cheats Justice -- ch. 2 A Haunting Doubt -- ch. 3 Relentless Pursuit -- ch. 4 Political Genes -- ch. 5 Advocating for a Victim -- ch. 6 Rising to Opportunity -- ch. 7 The Calling Card -- ch. 8 Proving Innocence -- ch. 9 Life After Exoneration -- ch. 10 Proving Guilt -- ch. 11 How Many? -- ch. 12 A Compelling Witness -- ch. 13 Flaws and Faulty Forensics -- ch. 14 Closing Arguments -- ch. 15 Surviving Injustice -- ch. 16 Truth and Redemption -- ch. 17 Dissecting Error -- pt. II Pursuing Truth -- ch. 18 Prisons and Executions -- ch. 19 Capital Punishment Disclosures -- ch. 20 Classic Misconceptions -- ch. 21 Lies and Other Disgraces -- ch. 22 Expert Mumbo Jumbo -- ch. 23 When the Good Guys Aren't -- ch. 24 Why We Can't Believe Our Eyes -- ch. 25 Observations on Eyewitnesses -- pt. III Doing Justice -- ch. 26 When the DNA Is Gone -- ch. 27 Advocacy After Politics -- ch. 28 Discerning Guilt and Innocence -- ch. 29 Seeking Assurance -- ch. 30 Arguing from the Other Side -- ch. 31 A Higher Authority -- ch. 32 Waiting Eighteen Years for Fifteen Minutes -- ch. 33 Tough Decisions -- ch. 34 A Partial Victory -- ch. 35 Brady's Catch-22 -- ch. 36 Pesky Issues -- ch. 37 Addressing Unacceptable Error -- ch. 38 A Defining Moment for DNA -- ch. 39 The Supreme Court's Divided Opinion -- pt. IV Dispelling Eight Myths -- ch. 40 Myth No. 1 -- ch. 41 Myth No. 2 -- ch. 42 Myth No. 3 -- ch. 43 Myth No. 4 -- ch. 44 Myth No. 5 -- ch. 45 Myth No. 6 -- ch. 46 Myth No. 7 -- ch. 47 Myth No. 8.
Summary
The son of a beloved justice of the peace in Ohio, Jim Petro was raised in a family that emphasized the "service in" public service. When he rose to the rank of Attorney General, he was clear-eyed in his pursuit of justice---until he began confronting the deep problems in a system that had led to the convictions of innocent people. He soon made a politically risky decision: to fight for the exoneration of Clarence Elkins, a family man with no prior criminal record who had been wrongfully convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his mother-in-law. Petro did not know it at the time, but he was the first state attorney general in the country to intervene in a case spearheaded by the Innocence Project, the nonprofit legal clinic that pioneered the use of DNA to prove wrongful conviction. Other high-profile cases soon followed, leading Petro to seek more than case-by-case solutions: he wanted to overhaul the system. False Justice is an action plan, filled with frontline stories and hard data that refute eight harmful myths about America's justice system --
Sentiments like these, too often accepted as "common knowledge," have helped put thousands of innocent Americans behind bars, exposing alarming blind spots in our justice system. Knowing that it's up to us---everyday citizens---to create reform through legislation, Jim and Nancy Petro have built a rousing call to action in False Justice. --Book Jacket.
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ISBN
9781607144670
1607144670
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of Acquisition
Behrend copy: Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment; 2010.
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